401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Piedmont Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$225M
Total assets Near avg plan size
18,434
Participants Very large workforce
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$12,232
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan · Sponsored by Piedmont Airlines, Inc. · Maryland · Transportation & Warehousing

$225M in assets, 18,434 participants

Piedmont Airlines, Inc.'s Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reported $225M in total assets and 18,434 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,068 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)

Coverage in Maryland

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan covers 18,434 participants in Maryland, 20x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $225M.

#3,068
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
+18.1%
assets growth YoY
2.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$225,490,175 Top 5% higher than 95% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan is a mega filing (18,434 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reported participants rose from 14,678 in the plan year 2023 filing to 18,434 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $191M in the plan year 2023 filing to $225M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reported net income fell from $37M in the plan year 2023 filing to $35M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 520970090 · Piedmont Airlines, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan · $225M · 18,434 · 95th

  • RANK $225M
  • RANK 18,434
  • RANK 95th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Springer Nature 401(k) Plan
  • RANK ind #3068

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Maryland →

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Maryland filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$191M
Net Assets (End of Year)$225M
Net Income$35M
Employer EIN520970090
Plan Effective Date1994-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Piedmont Airlines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Piedmont Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$393M 41.84037703850665% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $277M $393M ▲ +41.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 18,239 $277M
2023 4 16,412 $334M
2024 4 20,299 $393M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Maryland

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.225490175 · Participants: 18434Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings PlanLockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.448624264 · Participants: 96812Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings PlanMarriott Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.712016434 · Participants: 101417Marriott Retirement Savings PlanT. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 4.948487009 · Participants: 6639T. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement ProgramNfl Player Second Career Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.08462816 · Participants: 2771Nfl Player Second Career Savings PlanLockheed Martin Corporation Performance Sharing Plan for Bargaining Employees, Total assets ($B): 2.987191008 · Participants: 18370Lockheed Martin Corporation Performance Sharing Plan for Bargaining Employees
Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants
Compare Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reports $225M in end-of-year assets across 18,434 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $12,232 per participant (9% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $35M.

This plan identity (EIN 520970090, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $154M to $225M (+46.0%) while covered participants moved from 16,569 to 18,434 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 16,569 $154M Open filing
2023 14,678 $191M Open filing
2024 · index core 18,434 $225M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maryland, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Springer Nature 401(k) Plan in NY ($225M); by covered participants it is The Fidelity National Financial Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in FL (18,430 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($225M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,434 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan grew sharply - up 18.1% during 2024, from $191M to $225M. Reported net income was $35M.
How have Piedmont Airlines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Piedmont Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 41.8%, from $277M to $393M.
Where does Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Springer Nature 401(k) Plan in NY ($225M, 794 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Fidelity National Financial Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in FL (18,430 participants, $3.0B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 520970090.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.